1943 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 28, 1943By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1943 Season Tags: • No Comments

1943 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	28	0.566	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburgh 41–0
2	32	0.615	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Princeton 47–9
3	1	0.631	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Villanova 27–0
4	39	0.793	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 27–0
5	52	0.817	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Richmond 61–0
6	43	0.906	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 20–0
7	25	0.938	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas Tech 21–13
8	12	0.954	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Georgia 34–27
9	-3	0.987	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Mary's 27–12
10	3	1.019	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Carolina 20–7
11	11	1.019	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 26–13
12	35	1.019	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SMU 20–7
13	15	1.100	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 14–6
14	-3	1.181	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Holy Cross 3–0
15	-12	1.246	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri Rolla 59–0
16	28	1.246	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Blackland Field 65–6
17	46	1.383	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Marquette 21–0
18	27	1.521	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bryan Field 48–6
19	39	1.577	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Michigan 57–6
20	-11	1.585	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fort Warren 38–0
21	-19	1.610	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Mary's PRE Flight 13–7
22	-12	1.676	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
23	-6	1.676	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
24	-6	1.676	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	33	0	Tied Washburn 0–0
25	-6	1.676	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
26	-1	1.676	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
27	15	1.676	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
28	18	1.676	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
29	21	1.676	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
30	21	1.676	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	33	0	Tied Richmond Field 7–7
31	23	1.676	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	60	0	BYE
32	-8	1.699	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Carolina PRE Flight 31–0
33	-28	1.731	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tufts 35–6
34	-22	1.893	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado Mines 26–7
35	-8	1.909	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Newport News 18–0
36	-5	1.941	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Norman NAS 22–6
37	23	1.949	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico 20–7
38	-5	1.974	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bucknell 14–0
39	1	2.006	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Newberry 19–7
40	24	2.079	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Sampson NTS 27–13
41	-33	2.087	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rochester 7–0
42	-41	2.291	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	33	0	Lost to Purdue 0–21
43	-29	2.335	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to Dartmouth 0–3
44	-29	2.688	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1–1	0.250	40	0	Lost to Northwestern 6–14
45	-22	3.041	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to Minnesota 13–26
46	-20	3.041	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–20
47	-8	3.041	SMU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to Tulsa 7–20
48	-7	3.182	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to California 12–27
49	12	3.250	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	33	0	Lost to LSU 27–34
50	12	3.379	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	33	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 13–21
51	-3	3.535	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to USC 0–20
52	7	3.556	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	33	0	Lost to Army 0–27
53	3	3.831	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	33	0	Lost to Duke 0–61
54	-2	4.029	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to Temple 0–27
55	11	4.626	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat Coast Guard 20–12
56	-20	4.806	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 9–47
57	-22	5.018	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to Notre Dame 0–41
58	-3	8.053	Alameda Coast Guard (ALAMEDA COAST GUARD)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	41	0	Lost to DEL Monte PRE Flight 7–34
59	6	10.135	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–2	0.000	41	-1	Lost to Camp Grant 7–10
60	-53	11.653	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to Presbyterian 12–13
61	-8	11.865	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to Camp Davis 20–24
62	-41	12.006	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to Curtis BAY Coast Guard 7–13
63	-26	12.006	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to Randolph Field 0–6
64	-26	12.500	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to Pleasanton Navy 0–13
65	-49	12.571	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to Great Lakes Navy 7–21
66	-36	12.641	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–1	0.000	41	0	Lost to Iowa PRE Flight 13–28
67	0	12.888	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–2	0.000	41	0	BYE